Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 964250b5076249cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-27 13:31:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6bd4cd258550f3d271b9d52856852fd8 SHA-1: f04e1398f4904e0d6a28a0769d13a528fd97fff2 SHA-256: 964250b5076249cf1fb9f00ab66a8c0819cc83dcb4bc2aefebb3fda918b297c1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate a strong likelihood of malicious intent, such as phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common component in PDF-based attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/jozanogalowuxufinuza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/53464054070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/88394755513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuli-china.ru/d/files/denetepokumatiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407e3c0f0fc---21672729686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e28a28b8ccda37afd8cff65a3c819bcd/vobop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/433204919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harmonie-avion.fr/actualite/files/tuzavexetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kulittelor.com/contents/files/99296957390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/52430867887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/46480150883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_303AB6CA254B9392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/fikuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c87084b672a4531a5631ffefae0b65/fakusunekuzimosunonagowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.lu/upload/97129236173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92469310182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/44818964602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/natexanisorujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/673136196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/61056846584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/94347196807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfatreyd-mebel.ru/archive/images/file/88969003268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockbond-aac.com/id-admin/fckImages/file/7691636876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/tewonikebojosidovuvikagun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexudemabubusakibudidabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailpark.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/34391988540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/didobeluzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=jak+ustawic+chrome+domyslna+przegladarka+androidPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000da9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9E 17800 bytes
SHA-256: ffbf0082612d5753806d37770af40447266b2ead95d55a8b0da480726f4c19ec
font_01_sfnt_off000107cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107CD 11404 bytes
SHA-256: 7c0734d5363a0089778f6dd2e3b6acda9f565c9116af5ee47c83405f95cc7bc4
font_02_sfnt_off00012280.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12280 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1